The
year 2018 saw an unprecedented level of restoration work on our
Bristol Britannia G-ANCF 'Charlie Fox' aircraft.
Our
volunteer workforce has also greatly expanded over the past 18 months
with some form of restoration activity taking place on location most
weeks, weather permitting.
Thanks
to the dedication of our volunteers together with the help and
support from a wide range of supporters, we can really be proud of
the significant progress achieved this year.
Among
many completed activities, some notable achievements and progress
include:
1)
The completion of the removal of the many layers of old paint,
and the subsequent rubbing down of the fuselage. This process
had been on-going for quite some time due to the size of the
aircraft and difficulties with access and the weather. Now, in the
near future, primer can finally be applied to the aircraft.
2)
The restoration of the airstairs is a process that started a while
ago, and is currently on-going. The reason for doing this work is to
not only preserve the airstairs for the future making them more
attractive and useful for the public, but also to hopefully make them
easier to extend and retract.
3)
The replacement and/or restoration of a number of damaged trestles
currently holding up the aircraft.
We thank all our volunteers for the outstanding work. We are always welcoming new volunteers and any form of donations. Naturally, we are always in need of funding. So come and check out the progress during volunteer working days and dig deep in your pocket for our collection box!
